Astill v R

• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Appeals
  3. › Appeal against conviction
  4. › Miscarriage of justice
  5. › Directions to jury
  6. › Tendency evidence
  7. › Where tendency alleged was constituted by charged and uncharged acts
  8. › Whether jury should have been directed that tendency evidence comprised of complainant's own allegations could not be used as tendency evidence for that complainant's counts
  9. › Whether direction pursuant to s 161A(3) of Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) was required
  10. › Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW), ss 161A, 166
  11. › Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss 66, 108, 136
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Appeals
  3. › Appeal against conviction
  4. › Miscarriage of justice
  5. › Directions to jury
  6. › Complaint evidence
  7. › Whether jury should have been directed complaint evidence could only be used for credit purpose and not truth purpose
  8. › Where no limitation placed on use of complaint evidence pursuant to s 136 of Evidence Act 1995 (NSW)
  9. › Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss 66, 108, 136
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Appeals
  3. › Appeal against conviction
  4. › Leave to appeal
  5. › Where no objection to directions raised at trial
  6. › Whether circumstances warranted grant of leave
  7. › Supreme Court (Criminal Appeal) Rules 2021 (NSW), r 4.15
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Appeals
  3. › Appeal against sentence
  4. › Manifest excess
  5. › Aggregate sentence
  6. › Multiple counts varying in duration and seriousness
  7. › Wide range of vulnerable victims
  8. › Whether aggregate sentence unreasonable or plainly unjust

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